Brief Life History of Betsey
When Betsey Colburn was born on 15 May 1785, in Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Eleazer Colburn, was 50 and her mother, Bridget Hildreth, was 47. She married John Whittier about 1809, in Cornville, Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 5 November 1855, in Cornville, Somerset, Maine, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Cornville, Somerset, Maine, United States.
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- Betsey Coburn Whittier, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Coburn in entry for Whittier, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
- Betsey Whittier, "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1794
Historical Boundaries: 1794: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1809: Somerset, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Somerset, Maine, United States
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
habitational name usually from Colburn in Catterick (North Yorkshire), named from Old English cōl ‘cool’ or col ‘coal’+ burna ‘stream’ (often confused with Old Norse brunnr ‘spring, stream’), but sometimes perhaps from a minor place so named, such as Coalburn in South Wingfield (Derbyshire) or Coldbourne in Bramley (Surrey).
from the Middle English personal name Colborn, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Kolbiǫrn, Kolbiorn, from kol ‘coal’ + biǫrn ‘bear’.
variant of Colbran, from the Middle English personal name Colbrand (Old Norse Kolbrandr, Kolbrand, from kol ‘coal’ + brandr ‘sword-blade, firebrand’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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